Quentin Tarantino

The career of Quentin Tarantino instantly became the stuff of Hollywood legend, thanks to winning an Oscar, Golden Globe and numerous critics' awards for Best Original Screenplay for the groundbreakin...
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Seth Rogen has moved to clarify his controversial comments about Bradley Cooper's acclaimed movie American Sniper, insisting his remarks have been "blown out of proportion". The Knocked Up star hit headlines on Monday (19Jan15) after he tweeted about the Oscar-nominated drama and appeared to compare it to Nazi propaganda footage shown in Quentin Tarantino's acclaimed World War II film Inglourious Basterds.
Rogen wrote, "American Sniper kind of reminds me of the movie that's showing in the third act of Inglorious Basterds."
The post sparked a wave of online outrage, prompting Rogen to return to the site to clarify his comment, writing, "I just said something 'kinda reminded' me of something else. I actually liked American Sniper. It just reminded me of the Tarantino scene... I wasn't comparing the two. Big difference between comparing and reminding. Apples remind me of oranges. Can't compare them, though... But if you were having a slow news day, you're welcome for me giving you the opportunity to blow something completely out of proportion."
American Sniper, which is nominated for six Oscars including Best Picture, stars Cooper as real life U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, who endured four tours of duty in Iraq and notched up 160 confirmed kills.

You might be an ultimate fan who quotes Quentin Tarantino all day, but do you lead a life that is similar to his work? If you have, then you surely have some interesting stories to tell! In order to help you cover all of your bases we decided to come up with these 11 signs.
1. You entered a dance contest on a date.
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2. You've had to work with people you don't necessarily know or trust.
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3. Your job includes getting creative with knives.
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4. You haven't had the best history with handling guns...
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5. You're up against a powerful regime.
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6. You are seeking out revenge.
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7. You had an emergency and needed to be revived with adrenaline.
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8. You've jumped someone before.
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9. You've been on a rescue mission to save your lover.
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10. The perfect song seems to always come on around you when you're stuck in certain situations.
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11. You've tried to rob a business before, and it didn't go as planned. Whoops!
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British actress Miranda Richardson will be honoured for her career at the London Critics' Circle Film Awards on Sunday (18Jan15). The Harry Potter star will receive the Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film, named after the late British author and critic, for her services to the movie industry.
Richardson will be awarded the accolade during a prizegiving ceremony at The May Fair Hotel in London on Sunday.
She says, "Thank you to the Critics' Circle for this gift in memory of one of the great women of film history. I'm looking forward to an evening of celebration of the medium Dilys Powell loved and which, against all odds, is still dominating our hearts and minds."
Previous recipients of the honour include Dame Judi Dench, Gary Oldman and Quentin Tarantino.

Bruce Willis' planned movie adaptation of Elmore Leonard book Bandits is finally moving forward, 28 years after he first optioned the rights to the novel. The Die Hard star knew he wanted to turn the black comedy into a film back in 1987, when it was first published, but his plans never came to fruition and the rights were later purchased by director Quentin Tarantino, who brought Leonard's Rum Punch to life onscreen as 1997 crime drama Jackie Brown.
The project has since found its way back into Willis' hands once more and now he has recruited Mitch Glazer, the screenwriter behind his forthcoming film Rock The Kasbah, to pen the script.
Bandits will feature an ensemble cast led by Willis, who will play lead character Jack Delaney, a former convict who gets involved in a get-rich-quick scheme with the help of a lapsed nun.
Leonard's writer son Peter Leonard and the late author's grandson, Tim, will serve as executive producers on the project.
Elmore Leonard died in 2013.

New Year's Eve always proves to be the most stressful night of the entire year. Between deciding who to spend this monstrously important evening with, formulating a plan for an actual activity, and, someone help us, what to wear, the night ends up being destroyed by stress before it even begins. In our experience, the pain of preparation outweighs the fun we have, so this year, we're decidedly ringing in 2015 with a bottle of wine and movies about people having a worse time than we are.
Everyone on board the Poseidon (The Poseidon Adventure &amp; Poseidon)
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No matter what your NYE plans are, they will not end as disastrously as these people's. They board a luxury ocean liner heading across the Atlantic Ocean that encounters a rogue wave, capsizing the ship. Water floods through the windows, and most of the ship's passengers die in the fabulous ballroom where they were partying just moments ago. We bet that $500 open bar is looking pretty good right about now.
Michelle Tanner (Full House)
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Queen of Speaking Truths, Michelle Tanner is understandably frustrated as she tries to grasp the appeal of this blasted holiday. Stay up way past your bedtime just to feel alone and make out with your dog? Whhhhyyyy?????
Bridget Jones (Bridget Jones's Diary)
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Bridget may not be having a worse holiday than you are, but she's at least having one that's just as bad. Her booze-soaked Celine-Dion-singing evening is exactly how we envision our New Year's Eve going down (don't judge!), and for that, we love her. Plus, when your resolution involves losing 20 pounds (obviously), properly discarding last night's panties, and avoiding romantic attachments to alcoholics, workaholics, commitment phobics, peeping toms, megalomaniacs, emotional fuckwits, or perverts...you're an ideal NYE BFF.
This sledge hammer (Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest)
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Though not technically a person, we still would not trade places with this construction tool under any circumstances imaginable. Only Jenny McCarthy could make us envy the unfortunate sledge hammer Miley licked.
"Little" Bill Thompson (Boogie Nights)
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William H. Macy's character in Paul Thomas Anderson's Golden Age of Porn drama is often embarrassed by his porn star wife engaging in public sexual acts with other men, usually asking him to just let her do her thing. At a NYE party marking the year 1980, Bill walks in on his wife and her lover, calmly procures a gun, and then shoots both of them before turning the gun on himself. While we may have wanted to "shoot ourselves" from the stress of the night, we think he's having a much worse night than most of us.
Chandler Bing (Friends)
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Your favorite sarcastic Friend, Chandler, is openly desperate where most of us just silently suffer. As midnight rolls around, he so pines for affection and validation that he jumps up and down demanding some action. NYE lesson to be learned: be careful what you wish for.
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Tim Roth plays a hotel bellhop on his first night of work as he navigates through four different stories, directed by Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, and Quentin Tarantino. He deals with witches who need his semen (Anders' segment), reluctantly becomes a part of a married couple's hostage fantasy (Rockwell's), is stabbed with a syringe by children he's forced to babysit who set the room on fire before discovering a dead prostitute in the bed (Rodriguez's), and is finally paid to chop off a man's finger (Tarantino's). Needless to say, your night is looking a bit better.
Miranda Hobbes and Carrie Bradshaw (Sex and the City: The Movie)
These usually fabulous ladies had a bummer of a New Year's Eve. After learning that Steve cheated on Miranda and a disaster of a wedding attempt by Carrie and Big, the ladies opted for a depressing night in, each alone (though Miranda was with one of our best friends, Chinese food, while Carrie as with our other bestie, bed). Their nights may start out depressing, but they helped us realize that you're never alone as long as you have a best friend and a fiiiieeerce pajama/mink outfit combo.
Monica (200 Cigarettes)
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Monica is determined to throw an amazing party, but when nobody shows up at first, she becomes upset and a bit desperate. She does the only logical thing a person can do in that scenario: she gets so drunk that she passes out. Everyone ends up coming to her party, including Elvis Costello. She wakes up with a bunch of strangers on her floor and is thrilled, but her night positively sucked, if we do say so ourselves.
The entire cast of New Year's Eve
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No matter what happens on New Year's, at least you didn't star in this awful movie. Just be thankful for that.

Were you paying attention to the big screen and all the Hollywood happenings in 2014? We thought we'd kick off the New Year with a quick look back over the last 12 months of WENN movie news and pose a few questions to one and all that might just help you recall some magical moments at the cinema, or some hot gossip from the year just gone.
The prize for the winner? Bragging rights and a front row seat to the 2015 Oscars in your own living room! Best of luck!
1. The Fault in Our Stars was based on a book written by which author?
a. John Green
b. John White
c. James Green
d. James Brown
2. What song did not feature on the soundtrack to Guardians of the Galaxy?
a. I'm Not in Love
b. Mama Told Me Not to Come
c. Spirit in the Sky
d. Hooked on a Feeling
3. From which hit animated movie did the catchy tune Everything is Awesome come?
a. Muppets Most Wanted
b. The Lego Movie
c. How to Train Your Dragon 2
d. Mr Peabody and Sherman
4. Game of Thrones star Kit Harington starred in which epic disaster film based on true events?
a. Godzilla
b. 300: Rise of an Empire
c. Hercules
d. Pompeii
5. The son of which longtime Hollywood couple starred alongside Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill in 22 Jump Street?
a. Colin Hanks, son of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson
b. Oliver Hudson, son of Bill Hudson and Goldie Hawn
c. Jaden Smith, son of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith
d. Wyatt Russell, son of Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn
6. Which of the following was not a cast member in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes?
a. Andy Serkis
b. James Franco
c. Jason Clarke
d. Gary Oldman
7. Get On Up was a biopic based on the life of which legendary musician?
a. James Brown
b. Stevie Wonder
c. George Clinton
d. Smokey Robinson
8. Which Hollywood veteran portrayed the family matriarch in This Is Where I Leave You?
a. Anjelica Huston
b. Jane Fonda
c. Bette Midler
d. Dame Judi Dench
9. Which musical did The Amazing Spider-Man star Emma Stone make her Broadway debut in?
a. Chicago
b. Cabaret
c. Wicked
d. Les Miserables
10. Which one of these celebrities was NOT part of Ellen DeGeneres' famous 'selfie' taken during the 2014 Academy Awards?
a. Channing Tatum
b. Kevin Spacey
c. Matthew McConaughey
d. Jared Leto
11. Which actress celebrated her one-year wedding anniversary to her tennis pro husband on New Year's Eve?
a. Ashley Tisdale
b. Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting
c. Naya Rivera
d. Ginnifer Goodwin
12. Who will play the villain in the next James Bond movie?
a. Quentin Tarantino
b. Mark Strong
c. Christoph Waltz
d. Bryan Cranston
13. Which country do the two actors who played Solomon Northup in 12 Years a Slave and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Selma come from?
a. England
b. France
c. Canada
d. America
14. Who rang in 2014 with Charlize Theron and has since become her boyfriend?
a. Sean Penn
b. Chris Pratt
c. Mark Wahlberg
d. Joaquin Phoenix
15. Name new mum Scarlett Johansson's daughter.
a. Kate
b. Jane
c. Apple
d. Rose
16. Which famous Jessica played Matthew McConaughey's grown-up daughter in Interstellar?
a. Jessica Alba
b. Jessica Biel
c. Jessica Chastain
d. Jessica Lange
17. Which Brit picked up the Best Actor prize at the Cannes Film Festival in May for his portrayal of grumpy artist J.W. Turner?
a. Colin Firth
b. Timothy Spall
c. Ray Winstone
d. Alan Rickman
18. What was the highest grossing movie of 2014?
a. Transformers: Age of Extinction
b. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
c. Guardians of the Galaxy
d. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
19. Which awards season favourite was filmed over 12 years?
a. Boyhood
b. Birdman
c. Foxcatcher
d. Selma
20. In what film did Jennifer Lawrence debut her singing voice, scoring a chart hit all around the world?
a. Silver Linings Playbook
b. American Hustle
c. X-Men: Days of Future Past
d. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
21. What is the bestselling music soundtrack on iTunes this year?
a. Frozen
b. Annie
c. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
d. Guardians of the Galaxy
22. He ended 2014 a newlywed with a hit movie, called The Theory of Everything. Name the British actor who married fiancee Hannah Bagshawe in England on 15 December.
a. Benedict Cumberbatch
b. Timothy Spall
c. Eddie Redmayne
d. Colin Firth
23. Why did model-turned-actress Milla Jovovich announce she was putting the next film in her Resident Evil franchise on hold in August?
a. Script problems
b. Financial issues
c. Her director husband Paul W.S. Anderson had abandoned the movie
d. She was pregnant
24. In 2014, this actor played Moses and became a new dad. Name him.
a. Joel Edgerton
b. Chris Pratt
c. Christian Bale
d. Mark Wahlberg
25. Another new dad, Chris Hemsworth, was named People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive in 2014, but who's the lucky actress, the mother of his kids, who gets to cuddle up to him every night?
a. Eva Mendes
b. Elsa Pataky
c. Scarlett Johansson
d. Jessica Alba
ANSWERS:
1. a
2. b
3. b
4. d
5. d
6. b
7. a
8. b
9. b
10. c
11. b
12. c
13. a
14. a
15. d
16. c
17. b
18. a
19. a
20. d
21. a
22. c
23. d
24. c
25. b

2015 is going to be a big year for movies, and we're super excited. There are dozens of films that we can't wait to see: long-awaited sequels, novel adaptations, oh and a little movie called Star Wars: The Force Awakens. These are some of the blockbusters that are heading to a theater near you in 2015.
1. 50 Shades of Grey (February 13)
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The sexy novel comes to the big screen just in time for Valentine's Day.
2. Cinderella (March 13)
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3. The Divergent Series: Insurgent (March 20)
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4. Furious 7 (April 3)
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The last Fast and Furious movie to star the late Paul Walker.
5. Avengers: Age of Ultron (May 1)
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The superhero team assembles once again to take on a sentient robot threat.
6. Pitch Perfect 2 (May 15)
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The Bellas are back for an aca-sequel!
7. Mad Max: Fury Road (May 15)
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8. Tomorrowland (May 22)
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9. Paper Towns (June 5)
The closest I've come to getting a picture of Ben. Love these guys. #PaperTowns http://t.co/QjLY96DqiJ pic.twitter.com/hBso48e2K9
— John Green (@johngreen) December 17, 2014
The second book by author John Green to be made into a film, after the success of last summer's The Fault in Our Stars.
10. Jurassic World (June 12)
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11. Inside Out (June 19)
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The newest Pixar film takes place in the mind of a young girl.
12. Terminator Genisys (July 1)
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13. Magic Mike XXL (July 1)
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We're so happy that we're getting more of this.
14. Ant-Man (July 17)
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15. The Maze Runner: Scorch Trials (September 18)
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16. Spectre (November 6)
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James Bond (Daniel Craig) returns to kick some more ass.
17. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (November 20)
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18. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (December 18)
19. Sisters (December 18)
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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler starring in a movie together makes it an automatic must-see.
20. The Hateful Eight (December 25)
H8ful Eight rehearsal! This shit is too much fun! Gonna be a BLAST!! http://t.co/VuRFpbABFs
— Samuel L. Jackson (@SamuelLJackson) November 23, 2014
The latest film from Quentin Tarantino. Expect a lot of violence.
It looks like we'll be spending a lot of time at the movies next year.
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Rosario Dawson and Tracie Thoms ganged up on director Quentin Tarantino after he insisted they weren't right for his Grindhouse movie Death Proof. The actresses had become friends while shooting RENT together and rather than getting glum after Tarantino passed on them, they decided to work together on changing his mind.
In a Reddit.com webchat with fans, Dawson reveals, "I auditioned for it, didn't get the part, and Tracie auditioned for it, and didn't necessarily get the part, and both of us were like, 'Aw HELL NAW, just not okay if we don't get to do it!'
"We had become besties on RENT, because we were both newbies and spent a lot of time together, so we sat down and watched every Tarantino movie back to back, and we rehearsed the HELL out of our scene, and we asked if we could go down to meet with him again, and we flew together to New York, and it was supposed to be my audition but I brought her.
"We ended up getting the role, and had a blast on it."

"It's a thing... There's something going on with him and shoes, and that's why I ended up with KY Jelly in my shoes when my eyes were closed - you don't want to be vulnerable on a Quentin Tarantino set, because you will get got by pranksters! You gotta keep your game face on at all times." Rosario Dawson confirms pal Quentin Tarantino is a prankster with a foot fetish.

Director Richard Linklater is set to receive the Sonny Bono Visionary Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival next year (15). The Dazed and Confused moviemaker will be feted for his work on Boyhood, which took him 12 years to complete, on 3 January (15) at the Palm Springs Convention Center.
Announcing the news on Wednesday (26Nov14), festival chairman Harold Matzner said, "For his creative innovations in filmmaking, the Palm Springs International Film Festival is proud to present Richard Linklater with the Sonny Bono Visionary Award."
Previous recipients of the award, which was named after the late singer who founded the festival while he was the mayor of Palm Springs, California in the 1980s, include Quentin Tarantino, Danny Boyle and Tom Hooper.
Boyhood has landed a slew of nominations recently and picked up multiple nods when the Film Independent Spirit Awards categories were announced on Tuesday (25Nov14).

Appeared in and wrote the script for Robert Rodriguez's "From Dusk Till Dawn"

Received strong notices for his performance in "Sleep With Me"

Wrote and directed "Inglourious Basterds," about a group of U.S. soldiers in Nazi occupied France during WWII; earned Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for Best Director and Best Screenplay and a Directors Guild nomination for Outstanding Directorial Ach

Nominated for the 2009 Academy Award for Best Achievement in Directing ("Inglourious Basterds")

Produced Eli Roth's horror feature "Hostel"

Wrote "Kill Bill" script for Uma Thurman; was scheduled to direct in 2001 but was postponed after Thurman became pregnant; film released in two volumes "Kill Bill Vol. 1" (2003) and "Kill Bill Vol. 2" (2004)

Played first feature lead, Johnny Destiny in "Destiny Turns on the Radio"

Featured in "Little Nicky," starring Adam Sandler

Met future collaborator, writer-director Robert Rodriguez, at Toronto Film Festival

Nominated for the 2009 Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film ("Inglourious Basterds")

Helmed and wrote screenplay for "Django Unchained," a Western drama set in Mississippi; also appeared in film

Commissioned to write a screenplay based on six-page story by Robert Kurtzman (co-founder of the special effects makeup company KNB Effects); eventually became "From Dusk Till Dawn"

Summary

The career of Quentin Tarantino instantly became the stuff of Hollywood legend, thanks to winning an Oscar, Golden Globe and numerous critics' awards for Best Original Screenplay for the groundbreaking and much-imitated "Pulp Fiction" (1994). Having famously learned his art while working as a video store clerk after dropping out of high school, Tarantino burst onto the scene first as a writer, penning the original drafts of Tony Scott's "True Romance" (1993) and Oliver Stone's "Natural Born Killers" (1994). Prior to that, he was a cause célèbre at the 1992 Sundance Film Festival with his breakout heist-gone-wrong thriller "Reservoir Dogs" (1992). But it was "Pulp Fiction" that caught the attention of Hollywood, with the entertainment press selecting him - for better or worse - as the symbol of a new generation of hot, young directors. Tarantino followed up with the critically hailed "Jackie Brown" (1997), an adaptation of Elmore Leonard's <i>Rum Punch</i>, only to stumble as an actor in a stage revival of "Wait Until Dark" (1998). Tarantino returned to the director's chair for the epic martial arts flicks "Kill Bill vol. 1" (2003) and "Kill Bill vol. 2" (2004), which were originally intended to be one film. After helming the "Death Proof" featurette in "Grind House" (2007), his gory collaboration with friend Robert Rodriguez, Tarantino returned to his Oscar-caliber ways with "Inglorious Basterds" (2009) and "Django Unchained" (2012). Regardless of what his harshest critics might have said, Tarantino remained a true auteur able to make his own films in an otherwise restrictive Hollywood system.

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"A spectacularly entertaining piece of pop culture, 'Pulp Fiction' is the 'American Graffitti' of violent crime pictures. Tarantino positions himself as the Preston Sturges of crimeland, putting the most incongruous words and thoughts into the mouths of lowdown, amoral characters." – Todd McCarthy's review of "Pulp Fiction," Daily Variety, May 23, 1994

Tarantino's nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement by the Directors Guild of America for "Pulp Fiction" (1994) made him the first American-born non-DGA member to be so honored. However, by the time of the release for "Django Unchained" in December 2012, Taratino had joined the DGA.

"I don't know. It's just this cool connection that happened while we were doing 'Pulp Fiction.' I mean, von Sternberg had Marlene Dietrich, Hitchcock had Ingrid Bergman, Andre Techine had Catherine Deneuve. It's a special bond that I'm proud to have, and hopefully, one day, people will reference me and Uma like they do the others. But the thing about it is, it just kind of is, and there are certain things I don't really want to understand subtextually. I just want it to be and do." – Tarantino on Uma Thurman being called his muse to Rolling Stone magazine, April 2004

"My whole life is dedicated to the further study of cinema, and the day I die is the day I graduate. So it's just like I'm constantly working for my master's thesis in my brain, and it's a lifetime job." – Tarantino to GQ magazine, April 2007